Alchemical miscellany.

Description

Title: Alchemical miscellany.
Contributor: Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311.
Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365.
Published / Created: [ca. 1550]
Publication Place: North Italy (Genoa?),
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of a collection of extracts from various alchemical and medical writers. Includes John of Rupescissa, Liber de confectione veri lapidis; and Arnold of Villanova, De perfectione operis alkimie. Compiled by one Johannes Baptista F., along with Mellon MSS 34 and 36.
Description: Binding: Original parchment over pasteboards with remains of thong ties; probably a home-made binding utilizing used parchment (show-through of writing visible) from a document, plain edges. Labeled in ink in the hand of the compiler on the backstrip: "Medicina astrologia." Loose in cover and wormed.
Denis Duveen; Mellon MS 23, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965.
In Latin, Italian, and Spanish.
Script: Written by one or perhaps two hands in mid-16th-century italic, sometimes of excellent, professional quality, but often ranging from fairly good to extremely bad and careless.
Extent: ff. 259 : paper ; ca. 205 x 145
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy--16th century.
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311.
Johannes, de Rupescissa, ca. 1300-ca. 1365.
Subject (Topic): Alchemy--Early works to 1800.
Italian poetry--16th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.

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Citation: Alchemical Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Witten, Laurence C. and Pachella, Richard. Alchemy and the Occult: A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Paul and Mary Mellon. Volume Three: Manuscripts, Mellon MS 35.

Orbis Record: 9878786
Object ID (OID): 17449722
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mell035.htm